GoMeme 4.0

There are by some estimates more than a million weblogs. But most of them get no visibility in search engines. Only a few “A-List” blogs get into the top search engine results for a given topic, while the majority of blogs just don’t get noticed. The reason is that the smaller blogs don’t have enough links pointing to them. But this posting could solve that. Let’s help the smaller blogs get more visibility!

This posting is GoMeme 4.0. It is part of an experiment to see if we can create a blog posting that helps 1000’s of blogs get higher rankings in Google. So far we have tried 3 earlier variations. Our first test, GoMeme 1.0, spread to nearly 740 blogs in 2.5 days. This new version 4.0 is shorter, simpler, and fits more easily into your blog.

Why are we doing this? We want to help thousands of blogs get more visibility in Google and other search engines. How does it work? Just follow the instructions below to re-post this meme in your blog and add your URL to the end of the Path List below. As the meme spreads onwards from your blog, so will your URL. Later, when your blog is indexed by search engines, they will see the links pointing to your blog from all the downstream blogs that got this via you, which will cause them to rank your blog higher in search results. Everyone in the Path List below benefits in a similar way as this meme spreads. Try it!

Instructions: Just copy this entire post and paste it into your blog. Then add your URL to the end of the path list below, and pass it on! (Make sure you add your URLs as live links or HTML code to the Path List below.)

Path List
1. Minding the Planet
2. Luke Hutteman’s public virtual MemoryStream
3. geek ramblings
4. (your URL goes here! But first, please copy this line and move it down to the next line for the next person).

(NOTE: Be sure you paste live links for the Path List or use HTML code.)

Stumble It!
GoMeme 4.0

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4 Comments

  1. Posted August 14, 2004 at 9:32 pm | Permalink

    Oh, boy, a chain-link for bloggers! ;-)

  2. Kevin Francis denial.loose-screws.com
    Posted August 15, 2004 at 12:55 pm | Permalink

    Pretend this is a pingback, but I’ve linked you here, along with the text too :)

  3. Christian obviousdiversion.com
    Posted August 16, 2004 at 4:37 am | Permalink

    The pyramid scheme of pagerank? :)

  4. BradGad rdwarf.com
    Posted September 2, 2004 at 3:36 pm | Permalink

    I’m wondering about this…. If you move 1,000 blogs up the list, aren’t you necessarily therefore moving 1,000 other blogs down the list? If this is simply an experiment to see to what extent search results can be manipulated, then OK. But as a tool for promoting visibility, I’m skeptical of its value.

8 Trackbacks

  1. By The Watercooler on September 21, 2004 at 9:42 pm

    via geek ramblings: GoMeme 4.0 There are by some estimates more than a million weblogs. But most of them get no visibility in search engines. Only a few “A-List” blogs get into the top search engine results for a given topic, while the majority of blogs just don’t get noticed. The

  2. By The Watercooler on August 14, 2005 at 4:57 am

    via geek ramblings: GoMeme 4.0 There are by some estimates more than a million weblogs. But most of them get no visibility in search engines. Only a few “A-List” blogs get into the top search engine results for a given topic, while the majority of blogs just don’t get noticed.

  3. By neverhood.net on August 15, 2004 at 11:32 pm

    GoMeme 4.0
    There are by some estimates more than a million weblogs. But most of them get no visibility in search engines. Only a few “A-List” blogs get into the top search engine results for a given topic, while the majority of blogs just don’t get noticed. Th…

  4. By Spinneyhead on August 17, 2004 at 2:41 pm

    GoMeme
    There are by some estimates more than a million weblogs. But most of them get no visibility in search engines. Only a few “A-List” blogs get into the top search engine results for a given topic, while the majority of blogs just don’…

  5. By Flat8 on August 18, 2004 at 12:59 pm

    GoMeme – Help Make Blogs More Visible!
    There are by some estimates more than a million weblogs. But most of
    them get no visibility in search engines. Only a few “A-List” blogs
    get into the top search engine results for a given topic, while the
    majority of blogs just don’t get noticed….

  6. By rustyspigot.com on August 18, 2004 at 11:39 pm

    GoMeme 4.0
    There are by some estimates more than a million weblogs. But most of them get no visibility in search engines. Only a few “A-List” blogs get into the top search engine results for a given topic, while the majority of blogs just don’t get noticed. Th…

  7. By Marky Moo's Blog on August 19, 2004 at 9:22 am

    GoMeme 4.0 – The Blog Pyramid
    Not convinced this is such a good idea, because the ultimate winners are those at the top and not at the bottom… but there we go!

    There are by some estimates more than a million weblogs. But most of them get no visibility in search engines. Only a…

  8. By Elliott C. Back, Cornell Student on August 19, 2004 at 6:53 pm

    Googlespam, or, something entirely else?

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